Composition foe suppositories



(No Model.) 8 8 L. ROTH. OOMPOSITION FOR SUPPOS'ITORIES.

No. 243,800. I Patented July-5, 1881.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEO NHARD ROTH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMPOSITION FOR SUPPOSITORI ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,800, dated. July 5, 1881,

Application filed October 18, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONHARD BOTH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vaginal Suppositories,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved composition for vaginal suppositories, by which certain female diseases of the uterus andvagina, such as leucorrhoea, (fluor albus,) 850., may be conveniently and effectively treated.

The invention consists of a composition for vaginal suppositories, which is prepared of tannic acid, alum, pulverized bearberry-leaves, opium, and glycerine.

The accompanying drawing represents a perspective view of my vaginal suppository, in which A represents the body ,of the suppository, and B a metallic cap-like cover or handle at one end of the same.

The suppository is made of a composition consisting of eight grams of tannic acid, six

grams of alum, 4 grams of pulverized bearberryleaves, (mice wsifolim) one-tenth of a gram of opium, to which ingredients as much glycerine is added as is necessary to form a thick paste. From this paste a suppository of proper length (No specimens.)

and thickness is formed in the shape of a short bougie, which is of soft consistency, and which is readily introduced into the vagina by means of the handle or cap B, which is removed when the suppository has been properly introduced into the vagina.

The composition exerts a softening, invigorating, and at the same time astringent influ- \Vitnesses PAUL GoEPnL, CARL KARP. 

